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Front-in parkers unite

Another in an occasional series about irritating drivers.

The world has bigger problems, surely. And the knucklehead who whines about such things should get a life.

Nevertheless.

Here we go.

We motorists are divided broadly into two groups: front-in parkers and back-in parkers.

And back-in parkers?

They are wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

Also, wrong.

Beats me why back-in parkers back in. I’ve never interrogated one. Probably to ensure fast, efficient departures.

I almost wrote “getaways.” But not all back-in parkers are bank robbers. (It’s a safe bet, though, that a disproportionate share of robbers are back-in parkers. Just sayin’.)

Just yesterday, my progress in a tight lot was impeded as a motorist executed a couple of spindly three-point turns to maneuver a big, black BMW tail first into a parking spot. In my car, frustrated fingers tapped the steering wheel. That no honk erupted showed restraint worthy, in the circumstance, of the Dalai Lama.

Hey, back-in parkers. You’re missing the big picture: You’re buying fast and efficient departures at the cost of slow and clunky arrivals.

And that makes sense only if you’re robbing a bank.


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